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Collecting and Transporting Demolition Debris

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Demolish and Rebuild a Fireplace pt1 -time lapse

What happens here

As the demolition progresses, workers diligently collect the generated debris from various levels of the house. Concrete rocks and tangled chunks of metal mesh are gathered into sturdy buckets. These buckets are then manually carried out of the house and emptied into the large bucket of a Bobcat skid steer loader positioned outside. The skid steer efficiently transports these materials to a temporary storage area behind a barn. The presenter specifically notes the high cost of the artificial rocks and the effort taken to salvage them for potential reuse, while the combined metal mesh and concrete waste are designated for disposal.

Goal: Efficiently remove and manage all demolition debris, salvaging valuable materials.

Tools and materials

  • Bobcat Skid Steer Loader Bobcat T180 — Transporting large quantities of debris and organizing salvaged rocks outdoors
  • Buckets Fleet Farm — Hand-carrying demolition debris from inside the house
  • Demolished Concrete Rocks N/A — The removed material being salvaged or disposed of
  • Demolished Metal Mesh N/A — Waste material from the chimney core

What they say

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as they continue to knock the rocks down Sam and I switch to buckets to carry everything out I can't even tell you how many buckets we carry down we'd either take it seemed like it was easier to take two at a time I don't know I sometimes that got heavy though as they work their way up toward the top of the chimney the phone call comes in that the new materials have finally arrived and while I'm on the phone with the guy he's like hey I just want to cancel this order and I'm look outside and I'm like yeah he wants to cancel cuz it's raining out and I'm like

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